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What (who) is Delight - definition
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Delight (disambiguation); D-Lite (EP); Delight (EP)
Delight
·vt Licentious pleasure; lust.
II. Delight ·vt That which gives great pleasure or delight.
III. Delight ·vi To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced;
- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
IV. Delight ·vt A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
V. Delight ·vt To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
delight
¦ verb please greatly.
?(delight in) take great pleasure in.
¦ noun great pleasure.
?a cause or source of great pleasure.
Derivatives
delighted adjective
delightedly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. delitier (v.), delit (n.), from L. delectare 'to charm', frequentative of delicere.
delight
(delights, delighting, delighted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
Throughout the house, the views are a constant source of surprise and delight...
Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel's nickname for the baby...
To my great delight, it worked perfectly.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone takes delight or takes a delight in something, they get a lot of pleasure from it.
Haig took obvious delight in proving his critics wrong...
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR in -ing/n
3.
You can refer to someone or something that gives you great pleasure or enjoyment as a delight.
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of a holiday abroad.
= joy
N-COUNT: oft N of n/-ing, N to-inf [approval]
4.
If something delights you, it gives you a lot of pleasure.
She has created a style of music that has delighted audiences all over the world...
VERB: V n
5.
If you delight in something, you get a lot of pleasure from it.
Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story...
He delighted in sharing his love of birds with children.
VERB: V in n/-ing, V in n/-ing
Examples of use of Delight
1. "Margaret," she added, "it is really a delight to have you here." The delight is mine, Beckett insisted.
2. Nowadays many people delight in being distressed.
3. Along the way, Gravel expresses delight with his schedule.
4. But mostly he looked back with delight and pride.
5. To his delight, the trees became brown and withered.